Cash-register.



Patented Jan. 7, 1913. i 4 SHEETS-SHEET 1. I"`"'` C. PALMER.

CASH REGISTER.

-APPLHLUION FILED APR. 1, 1910.

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C. PALMER.

CASH REGISTER.v

APPLICATION FILED APRA, 1910.

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Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

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CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1910.

Patented Jn. 7, 1913.

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CHARLES ranma, o 'r LoivDoN, ENGLAND, 'assIeNon 'roi'riinlanriorriir.`casu nne- IsrEn. comrm,1or Detroit-omo, ka [1906.)l

CORPORATION (INCORPORATED IN atnted Jan. 7,1913.

applicati@ inea spari, 1am. `serial, No. 552,763.`

i' To all whom it may concern.'k i

Be it known that I, CHALns PALMER, a subject of the King of GreatBritain and Ireland, residing at London, yin the county of Middlesex,Englandyhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Registers, of which I declare the following to be a full," clear, andexact' description.

This invention relates to portable autographic registers, that is,autographic -registers which may be carriedby the user of the use ofdrivers, conductors, clerksetc.

In machines of this ty' e is has'been cus-1y tomary to have a strip .opaper a'daptedtojl receive written entries, said 'strip being vfedfronna supply roll to areceiving roll, both rolls `being 1n a lockedcasing. In this manner a permanent record is retained .of v4alltransactions. Beneath this detail strip is a similar strip which is fedtransversely to the direction of the frst'mentioned strips-nd1 outthrough an opening in the side ofthe casing. An ink ribbon is fed-between these strips so that records which `areWrit-ten upon the upperstrip will be transferred to the lower strip. A' small electro-type isadapted to print upon the lower strip which is fed from the machine andthe printed portion severed to form a voucher,theprinting consisting ofa small receiptform having a space for the customers name or number, andspaces for entries' of the amounts in pounds, shillings 'and pence, thepresent machine being designed for use with English currency. It hastherefore been found possible in the use of thiselass of machines firstto enter the name ofthe customer on the detail strip and then operate"the device to an extent sufficient to bring the pounds section of thevoucherv beneath the shillings or pence column of the detail strip andthen make an entry in one of the last mentioned columns. The result isthat the name Will be transferred through the medium of the ink ribbonto its appropriate space on the voucher while the amount- `thoughWritten in a column 'of small value Vasshillings or pence, may betransferred to spaces `on the voucher` appropriate to pounds, orshillings. In this manner a receipt may' be given -to a customer for anamount larger than the amount shown on the detail strip.

The register is intended for The object of the present invention is toprovide-'means designed effectively te prevent such a fraudulentmanipulation.

lVith these andincidental objects in view the invention consistsincertain novel teatures of construction-` andcombinations of parts theessential elements of -whichare set forth in appended claims and apreferred form of embodiment .of which is hereinatter` describedV withreference to the drawings which accompany and form part of thespecification. l y, r Figure l is a top plan view of en autographicregisterA constructed according to ,atheinventionf Fig. 2 is a rightside eleva- ;lilOn with the casing shown in section. Fig. y3 is a topplan view with the lid removed. `-,""Flig 4 is a vertical section takenon the line of Fig. 3.A Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on theline 55 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is' avertic'al section' taken on the line 6 6 'ofFig, 3. VFig-.7 is an enlarged detail of a paper feeding device. Figs. 8and 9 are sectional views of the machine taken onthe j'same line andshowing the shutter and its operating mechanism in normal and voper-'ated positions respectively.

The general construction and operation of the machine to which theypresent improvements are applied are asfollowsz 'Ihe register isprovided with an o in its lid through which autographic records are madeandthe lid is perfectly fiat -thusserving as a handsupport When writingand the autographic register is of such size `and shape as to be heldconveniently with thev left hand While the records are being made.After^`the Written records. are made a lever which is located at theright of the register is operated and causes an operation of theprinting mechanism and a feeding of the autogra-phic paper. I.

The autographic paper is contained Within the register on two rolls.

ranged to be fed out of the machine While .rolled upon a receiving rollwhich themachine contains. The strips o y,paper are both fed beneath theWriting opening but transversely to each other and an ink ribbon isarranged between the tivo strips for the purpose of transferring thewritten recl ords on the upper strip to the lower strip.

ening n I One of the strlps of paper, the voucher strip, is kartheother,'the detail strip, is arranged tobe Referring .to the drawings,the numeral 1 denotes an operating handle. This handle is carried by acrank 2 fixed to a drive shaft 3, which shaft is oscillated by givingthe crank 2 one half of a rotation and then returning it to its originalposition.

The voucher strip is printed and fed as follows: The shaft 3 carries anotched disk or two-toothed ratchet wheel 4 cooperating with a pawl 5carried by a gear 6 journaled on the shaft 3. The notches in the disk 4are indicated at 7 in Fig. 6 and it will be seen that-there are two ofthese notches and that each notch is adapted to engage the pawl 5 in onedirection only of its movement and one or the other of these notchesthus engage the pawl 5 during the return stroke of the operating handle1 and for this reason cause the gear 6 to make one-half of a rotation.The gear 6 meshes with a gear 8 carried bya shaft 9 said gear 8 beingone-half the size of the gear 6. It follows that shaft. 9 is caused tomake one rotation upon each operation of the machine. This shaft 9carries two helicoidal gears 10 and 11 for respectively rotating atype-carrying cylinder 12 and a feed roll 13. The type-carrying cylinder12 is rigid with a helicoidal gea-r 14 meshing with the gear 10 and thefeed roll 13 is rigid with a heli- 'coidal gearl meshing with the gear11.`

` The gears 10, 14, 11. and` 15 have equal diameters, therefore thetype-carrying roll 12 and the feed roll 13 will make one rotation uponeach operation of the machine. The rotation of these two members causesthe feeding and printing of the strip of voucher or receipt paper 16 ledfrom a supply roll 17 between the type-carrier 12 and an impression roll18, and over the impression roll to a writing support 19. It passes overthe writing support between the feed roll 13 (Fig. 7) and coacting rolls21, and then out of the autographic device through an opening 22 andbeneath a knife edge 23.

It may be seen from Fig. 6 that a full half rotation of shaft 3 in thedirection of the arrow 20 is required in order to bring the lower notch7 of ratchet wheel 4 in to coacting relation with pawl 5 so that ro--tation of the gear 6 will occur upon the return of the operating crankor lever 2. Under these circumstances it follows that no operation ofthe printing and feeding mechanism for the strip of voucher paper willoccur if the operating lever is given less than its full forward stroke.However, a less than normal stroke of the operating lever does notprevent a proportional feed of the strip of detail record paper as willbe apparent from the following paragraphs:

A second strip of autographic paper or detail record strip 24 leadsfroma supply roll 25 (Fig. 2) ove1` the writing platform 19 above the strip16. From the writing platform it passes around a roll 26 and from .thisroll around a guide 27 to a receiving roll 28 loosely mounted on shaft3. The shaft 3 carries an arm 30 to which is pivoted a pawl 31 inposition to engage the ratchet 29. The pawl 31 idly wipes over theratchet 29 upon the forward stroke of the crank 2 but engagesY theratchet upon the return of the crank and therefore feeds the strip ofpaper 24 at the time the strip 16 is being fed. The extent of feed-ofthe strip 24 is determined by a camming edge 32 of a supf' port 33 forthe shaft 3. This camming edge projects into the path of the pawl 31 andcauses the pawl to be cammed out of engagement with its ratchet beforethe shaft 3 reaches its home position. Because of the number of teeth ofthe ratchet wheel 29 the record strip is fed some distance even if theoperating lever is not given its full stroke. This construction whichpermits independent feeding of one strip of record paper by a drive forthe plurality of strips has no distinctive function in the presentembodiment of the invention, but it readily may be seen that with thisconstruction a device may be arranged to receive memoranda or notationsupon the detail strip which do not appear upon the voucher strip.

An endless ink ribbon 34 `passes between the strips of autographicpaperat the writing platform, and around rollers 35,126, 36 and 37. The inkribbon is fed through contact with the strip of autographic paper 24 atthe rolls 35 and for easily renewing the ink ribbon, part 84 of the sideof the casing which -is at the right (Fig. 3) is hinged to the base asindicated by the broken lines in this figure.

The type-carrier 12 serves as one feed roll for t-he strip 16 and thedistance between the type-carrier and theserrated tearing edge 23 isequal to the length of two of the printed vouchers which are issued bythe device and also to twice the circumference of the type-carrier. Itis necessary tohave the type-carrier in the correct angular position sothatthe strip 16 will come to rest with the knife edge between theprinted part of the strip, which is issued upon an operation, and theprinted part of the strip, which isto be issued upon t e nextsucceedingoperation. In replacing the roll of paper 17 it is necessary to separatethe type-carrier 12 from the impression roll 18 to permit the threadingof the strip 16 of` the roll 17. By means of the helicoidal gears it ispossible to roll the type-carrier 12 away from the impression roll 18with no possibility of accidental rotation of the type-carrier when itis in its moved position. This is permitted by the followingarrangement:

26. In order to provide l .they are shown in-the drawings.

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avec xed frames 40 and 41 but also rest in forks 42 and 43 of a frame 44which is pivoted to the frames 40 and 41 by screws 45. A pair of arms 46and 47 are pivoted to the frame 44 by pins 48 and 49 and are normallyengaged by springs 50 (Fig. 6) which are wound around thepivotalsupports for the frame 44 and bear between the arms 46 and 47 and lu 51.These springs serve normally to ho dl the arms 46 and 47 and also theframe 44 in the positions in which An ink roll is indicated at 52'and toremove this roll itis necessary to rock the arms 47 away from trunnions53 of the ink wardly from its supports.

If it is desired to separate the type-carrying roll 12 from theimpression roll 18 the frame 44 is rocked to carry the type roll awayfrom the impression roll by means of a handle 54. This handle is Lshaped and is journaled at 55 in the trames 40 and 41 and carries twocams 56 and 57 which are located in proper position for engaging parts58 oi" the frame 44.' By rocking the handle 54 upwardly the cams57 causethe ing the type-carrying roll 12 so that its trunnions 38 come 'in linewith the upright parts ott the i.. shaped o ning 39. The type-carryingroll may ti en be removed from the autographic device if desired but ifthe type-carrying'roll is merely separated trom the impression roll forthe purpose of permitting threading of autographic paper through thedevice, the type-carrying roll is not removed and its gear is ,permittedto remain in mesh with the gear 10 and thus when the handle 54 isret-urned to its original position the type-carrier 12 will also returnto the exact angular posit-ion it has'before it vwas shifted away fromthe impression roll 18.

As the voucher which is issued by this device is quite shortand it isdesired not to obstruct the writin surface, it is necessary to make thefeed rold 21 extremely small ,and to locate it below the writing plane.Fig. 7 illustrates the manner of mounting the roll 21. The roll iscarried by a rod 60 which is supported in notches 61 of the frames 40and 41 and is pressed toward the feed roll 13 to cause suicient pressurebetween the roll 21 and the roll 13 by spring clips 62 which are bentdownwardly from a plate 63 by means of which` is also formed theserrated edge 23.

Registrations are audibly announced by a bell 64., which is struck by ahammer 65 pivoted to the frame of the m'achine by a in 66 andis'actuated by a coil springwhicli surroundsthe pin 66. The spring isten- J sioned by a cam 67 carried by the shaft 9 which engages an arm 68of the hell hammer The roll may then be drawn out-` rrame 4.4 to berocked rearwardly thus shift- 'the return stroke of the crank 2.

When it is desired to remove the strip or autographic paper 24,' whichcontains the detail records, it is necessary to unlock lid 70 and rockthe same upwardiy around its hinges 71 and then remove the strip 24 byvunrolllngit fromthereceiving roll 28. I

the str1 is not entirely unwound from the roll 25 itmay be torn betweenthe-roll 25 and the writing support and then withdrawn'from theregister, at which-time the roll 2,8 must be permitted to rotatebackwardly. For this reason retainingpawl 72 for the `ratchet 29 isprovided with a' handleV 73 so that it may oe-easily rocked away fromthe ratchet 29. I

Thelock for the lid 70 is indicated at 74 (Fig. l) and 'aboit 75 forthelock is supported in the lid at the lock 7 4 and by a support 76 andis adapted to extend through a cut in the body part of the casing of theautographic device.'

The actuations of the -'lid 70 are counted by a counter or cyclometer82. This counter is actuated upon the closing of the lid by. a lug whichis carriedby the lid and which engages an arm' ot the operating shaft of'the counter.

The operations of the machine are counted by a cyclometer 77 (Figs. 1and 3). The cyclometer is actuated by .a pitman 78 which is lpiycted toran-arm 79 of the oscil# la-tory shaft 3 and at'its outer end isconnected to an arm 86 of an actuating shaft 81 or the cyclometer. Thearm() carries a pin 85 which extends through apslot in the pitman 78which provides sufcient lost motion to prevent the actuation ofvtheryclorneter except when the handle 1 is operated its full stroke.

To operate the device it is merely nece'sl sary to write a customersname and the amount of the particular transaction, or other desiredmatter, through the writing opening and then to operate crank 2 uponwhich operation the strips 16 and 24 are fed 'the required distance andthe printed part of the slip then extends out of the casing and may betorn from the remainder of the strip. it will readily be seen howeverthat the construction as thus far described is open to manipulation inthe-following manner: Referring to F 1 it will be noted that the" recordstrip 24 is 'adapted to receive entries representing amountof money inpounds, shillingsJ and pence. .For convenience the strip maybe providedwithlines' dividin it in columns and the strip is adapte' to be advancedin the directlon of the varrow applied y thereto. The printed voucherreceipt 16 is fed from the machine in a direction at right angles to-thedlrection of advancement of the record stri 24. As willbeseen in Fig. 1this printed voucher is provided with .spaces allotted to pounds,shillings and pence, such aces 'being of a width equal to the width othe columns of the record strip. In the normal condition of the machineone of such printed voucher.- receipts is located immediately below therecord strip with vits spaces in exact alinement with the columns on thestrip. 1n this condition if an entry be made in the column of the stripallotted to pounds such entry will bev transferred to' the pounds spaceonthe voucher receipt through the medium of the ink ribbon abovedescribed. .an entry however may be delayed until the 355 handle 2 hasbeen operated to feed the voucher to an extent suflicient to bring the'pounds space beneath either the shillings or pence column of the strip.1f an entry is then made in the selected one of said columns the amountwill be transferred to the pounds column and a receipt thus issuedshowing an entry of an amount larger than the amount appearing ontherecord strip. In order to prevent such manipulation a shutter 100 isprovided. This shutter is in` terposed between the`record strip and theribbon and is adapted upon the begin-V ning of an operation of themachine to assume la position directly above the spaces o on the vucherreceipt 16 which are allotted to pounds, shillings and pence andmaintain such position throughout the operation ofthe machine andfeeding of the voucher strip thereby preventing an entry being 4S madeon such voucher after its feeding movement has been commenced. VTheshutter 100 is carried by a frame 101 which frame is constructed toslide upon the main frame of the machine, said sliding conneclo tionconsisting of the slots 102 and pins 103.:`

The shutter is normally held out of covering position by the spring` 104which bears against one end of the sliding frame 101. At the oppositeend of said frame there is 56 provided a downwardly extending arm 105normally projecting into the path of mover ment of the record stripfeeding arm' 30. Upon an operation of the operating handle and theconsequent movement of said arm 60 30 the arm 105 will be engaged andmoved to the position shown in Fig. 9, in which position the shutter 100will cover the spaces of the voucher allotted to the amount of thetransaction, As before statedfsuch position 05 is maintained Athroughout.the operation of the machine and the operator is thus unable partiallyto operate the machine to feed a voucher receipt to a position in whichthe pounds space of the voucher will be beneath a column ofthe recordstrip which is a1- lotted the amounts of lesser value. As is usual inthis type of'machine when an entry is made on the record strip when themachine is in normal condition the record strip will receive anindelible mark on its rear side in consequence of lits direct contactwith the ink ribbon. As the shutter is interposed between the ink ribbonand record strip any attempted manipulation of the machine while theshutter is in a position to cover the voucher may easily be detected asno such indelible impression will be made. This mechanism willthus-prevent the issuof a voucher receipt for an amount greater than theamount appearing on the g5 record strip without the possibility ofdetection.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirablyadapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated it 1s to 90 be understoodthat it is not intended to coniine the invention to the one form ofembodiment herein shown and described as it is susceptible of embodimentin various forms all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What is claimed is:

1. ln an autographic device, the combination with means for moving arecord strip and a voucher receipt strip in directions transverse toeach other, transferring material interposed between said strips fortransferring to one of said strips entries made on the other of saidstrips and means operated at -each operation of themachine to preventsuch transfer of entries during such operating movement. Y

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with means formoving a record strip and a voucher receipt strip in directionstransverse to each other, transferring material interposed between saidstrips for transferring to one of said strips entries made on the otherof said strips and a movable frame and shutter carried thereby andadapted at each operation of the machine, to be moved to a position toprevent such transfer of entries during the movement of said strips.

3. In a machine of the class described, the 120 combination with meansfor moving a record strip and voucher receipt strip in directionstransverse to each other, transferring material interposed between saidstrips for transferring to said. voucher strip the entries made on therecord strip and causing a marking on the reverse side of said latterstrip in a form reverse to that of the entry on the proper side of saidstrip, and a mv- -able frame and shutter carried thereby and 130 adaptedto be positioned at each operation of the machine to prevent suchtransferring and marking operations during the movement of said strips.

4. In an autographic device, the combination with means for moving arecord strip and a voucher receipt strip in directions transverse toeach other, transferring material interposed between 'said strips fortransferring to one of said strips entries made on the other of said.strips and means operated at each operation of the machine to preventsuch transfer of entriesduring such operating movement; s aidv meanscomprising a sliding frame, a shutter carried thereby, spring means fornormally holding the shutter out ofsuch preventing position and an armcarried by said -frame and positioned to be engaged on the ,operation ofthe machine to move said shutter to such preventing position.

5. In an autographic device, the combination with `means for moving arecord strip and a voucher recei t strip, transferring ma# terial`interposed tween said strips for transferring to one of said strips'entries made on the other of said strifps and means operated at-eachoperation o the machine to prevent such transfer of entries durin suchoperating movement.

6. In an autographic device, the combination with means for moving anautographic record strip, and a main operating device, for actuatingsaid means, of a concealing slide, connections from said'main o eratingdevice for moving said slide in one ection to a position preventingaccess to the record strip, and a spring for moving said slide in theopposite direction. i

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

l CHARLES PALMER.

i Witnesses: RrWEsTAoo'rr,

Wo R. Sco'rr.

